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Balanced Development

China’s regional development has become more coordinated and balanced over the past decade, according to a report from the State Council, China’s cabinet.

In 2022, central China’s GDP was 26.7 trillion yuan ($3.7 trillion), with its share of the national GDP rising to 22.1 percent from 21.3 percent in 2012, said the report submitted to a session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress for deliberation on June 26.

In 2022, western China’s GDP was 25.7 trillion yuan ($3.5 trillion), and it took up 21.4 percent of the national GDP, up from 19.6 percent in 2012.

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